Influência da adição de hardfats sobre as propriedades tecnológicas do óleo de palma visando a aplicação em chocolates / Influence of the addition of hardfats on technological properties of palm oil aiming the application in chocolate

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

30/09/2011

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Palm threes (Elaesis guineensis) are one of the main sources of industrial vegetable oils. Palm oil, extracted from the pulp of the fruit is widely used in the food industry, as for instance, in the production of chocolates. However, in many applications the amount of palm oil added is restricted by its preferential ß - polymorphism, slow crystallization rates and formation of large crystalline clusters in the stage of postprocessing. In this research the addition of fully hydrogenated vegetable oils (hardfats) to industrial palm oil samples was evaluated aiming the adjustment of those attributes in order to increase the compatibility with cocoa butter. Hardfats can behave as modulators in the crystallization process and are able to induce specific polymorphic habits due to their homogeneous triacylglicerols profile. Five different hardfats were added to palm oil, in the proportion of 1%, 3% and 5%: palm kernel (FHPKO), palm (FHPO), cottonseed (FFHCO), soybean (FHSO) and crambe (FHCR), rendering fifteen fat mixture formulations. Results obtained through GC analyses for the fatty acids and triacylglycerols profiles, as well as crystallization isotherms and solid fat content by NMR and also thermal analysis using a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) indicate that the use of hardfats like FHPO and FHCO that have carboxylic chain lengths similar to palm oil implements the compatibility of their mixture with cocoa butter. The addition of hardfats with longer chains like FHSO and FHCR showed significant effect on the increase of the rate of crystallization of palm oil and in the reduction of the crystals size inducing higher hardness to these formulations. All the mixtures showed a preference for the ß -polymorphism, except for the mixtures with FHSO and FHCR, which produced an assortment of ß + ß crystal habits. The addition of these hardfats will probably increase the thermal resistance of chocolates. It is suggested the application of hardfats of cottonseed and soybean in the proportion of 5% and hardfat of crambe in the proportion of 1% in palm oil aiming the application in chocolate by partial substitution of cocoa butter

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Óleo de palma cristalização manteiga de cacau chocolate palm oil crystallization cocoa butter chocolate

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